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Psalms chapter 139

Yahweh, you have through every part of me and you me completely.You know when I sit down and when I stand up. You before the thought is even fully formed.You my journeys and my rest, and every path I take is to you.Before a word even reaches my tongue, you already know it completely, Yahweh.You -- behind and ahead -- and .This kind of knowledge is too for me, too high -- I can’t begin to grasp it.Where could I go to escape ? Where could I run to hide from your presence?If I climb to the heavens, you are there. If I make my bed in , you are there too.If I ride the , if I settle at the farthest edge of the sea,even there your hand would guide me, would hold me steady.If I say, “Surely the darkness will swallow me, and the light around me will turn to night,”even the darkness is not dark to you. The night shines like the day -- darkness and light are the same to you.You are the one who . You in my mother’s womb.I praise you because I am -- your works are , and I know this .My was not hidden from you when I was being shaped in the hidden place, woven with care in .Your eyes saw me when I was still . Every one of my days was written in before a single one of them had begun.How your thoughts are to me, God. How vast the sum of them!If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.If only you would destroy the , God! Get away from me, you violent ones!They speak of you with evil intent; your enemies .Yahweh, don’t I those who hate you? Don’t I loathe those who rise up against you?I hate them with a ; I count them as my own enemies., God, and know my heart. Test me and know my .See if there is any in me, and lead me in .